Lustre Band

Body Style: Seashell

Biography

Seashell is a club named body style produced by Enoch Wood. This body style features a low foot with a bulbous base featuring ridges reminiscent of a seashell. The spout on pitchers is quite flared and rises about the same height as the handles. The handles are like a small "C" and a large "C" facing away from each other with the smaller one on the bottom. It's a very elegant body style.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1840s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Potters:
Wood

Body Style: Ribbed Daisy

Biography

This body style shows extensive ribbing on the lower, bulbous part of the body and daisy embossing on the upper collar. A beautifully executed ware!

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: N/A
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Potters:
Wood
Motifs:
Lustre Band

Body Style: Serpentine

Biography

The throat of this piece is rimmed with a band of beading.  The name, however, comes from the serpent like handle.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: N/A
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Potters:
Wilkinson
Motifs:
Lustre Band

Body Style: Richelieu Shape

Biography

The name "Richelieu Shape" evokes thoughts of fancy French rococo designs but the plain bulbous lines of this body style defy that description. The conical knobs, some with circus tent stripes, is the only relief from a rather simplistic form.

Naming Source: Factory Named
Manufacturing Era: 1870s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Oval, Round
Potters:
Wileman

Body Style: Triple Border

Biography

The Triple Border is divided into six sections with double embossed lines extending from the top rim to the base rim of a cup and to the well of the saucer. To date, only a cup and saucer has been found.

Naming Source: N/A
Manufacturing Era: 1850s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Potters:
Unknown
Motifs:
Lustre Band

Body Style: Universal - Anthony Shaw

Biography

This body style is used to describe the identical ladles that Anthny Shaw used with different body styles, including: Bullet and Daisy.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Other
Potters:
Shaw

Body Style: Plumed Gothic

Biography

This body style is named for the plumage embossed below the pouring spout of the pitchers. The basic lines are typically Gothic with the base similar to the Classic Gothic shape of Edward Walley.

The basic difference, other than the throat embossing, is the lack of a line defining the neck of the vessel. Both Classic Gothic and Full-Panelled Gothic have a double ridge separating the upper and lower portions of the body. Shaw's version, with the elegantly embossed throat, has smooth panels from the top rim to the base.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1850s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Octagon (8-Sided)
Potters:
Shaw

Body Style: Pear

Biography

Pear is recognized by its squatty bulbous body and the pairs of long narrow leaves at the handle terminals. The finial is a perky pear atop the domed lid. Note that there are two styles of bases - one has a shaped base while others are pedestaled.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1860s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Oval, Round
Potters:
Shaw